United States presidential election in California, 1896

Map of presidential election results by county in California in the 1896 presidential election

The 1896 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 1896 United States presidential election. California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Governor William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former Nebraska representative William Jennings Bryan. One elector cast a vote for Bryan.

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	146,688	49.16%	8
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	144,766	48.51%	1
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	2,573	0.86%	0
	National Democrat	John Palmer	1,730	0.58%	0
	Socialist Labor	Charles Matchett	7,554	2.50%	0
	National Party	Charles Bentley	1,047	0.35%	0
	No party	Write-ins	4	0.00%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			298,419	100.00%	9
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	McKinley	Votes	Bryan	Votes	Others	Votes
Marin	61.41	1,448	37.07	874	1.53	36
San Mateo	61.10	1,607	37.53	987	1.37	36
Alameda	60.43	13,429	37.77	8,394	1.80	400
Napa	57.03	2,032	41.31	1,472	1.66	59
Sierra	56.61	707	42.19	527	1.20	15
Contra Costa	56.10	1,834	42.25	1,381	1.65	54
Humboldt	55.37	3,142	43.44	2,465	1.20	68
Yuba	53.82	1,204	44.30	991	1.88	42
Santa Clara	53.51	6,315	43.99	5,191	2.50	295
Plumas	53.47	678	45.35	575	1.18	15
Solano	53.19	2,702	44.96	2,284	1.85	94
Riverside	53.06	2,063	43.31	1,684	3.63	141
Sutter	51.89	796	46.48	713	1.63	25
Sonoma	51.86	4,053	46.00	3,595	2.15	168
Placer	51.41	1,890	46.82	1,721	1.77	65
Orange	51.06	1,932	45.24	1,712	3.70	140
Ventura	50.41	1,553	47.55	1,465	2.04	63
Calaveras	49.92	1,541	49.17	1,518	0.91	28
Los Angeles	49.62	16,891	47.13	16,043	3.25	1,108
Del Norte	49.50	345	47.92	334	2.58	18
Santa Barbara	49.48	2,004	47.31	1,916	3.21	130
Alpine	49.38	40	48.15	39	2.47	2
San Francisco	49.20	31,041	48.58	30,649	2.21	1,396
Mendocino	48.92	2,093	49.56	2,120	1.52	65
San Joaquin	48.83	3,500	48.83	3,500	2.33	167
San Bernardino	48.54	2,818	47.20	2,740	4.25	247
Butte	48.31	2,075	49.36	2,120	2.33	100
Santa Cruz	48.24	1,969	48.02	1,960	3.75	153
Sacramento	47.68	4,600	50.07	4,831	2.25	217
San Diego	46.86	3,631	50.44	3,908	2.70	209
Trinity	46.44	502	50.42	545	3.15	34
Monterey	45.82	1,878	52.43	2,149	1.76	72
Tehama	45.39	969	53.16	1,135	1.45	31
Siskiyou	44.98	1,473	52.64	1,724	2.38	78
Yolo	44.84	1,485	52.93	1,753	2.23	74
Nevada	44.76	1,985	53.21	2,360	2.03	90
Amador	44.39	1,144	54.25	1,398	1.36	35
Mono	44.27	259	53.85	315	1.88	11
Kern	43.80	1,430	54.00	1,763	2.21	72
San Luis Obispo	43.74	1,671	53.82	2,056	2.43	93
Lassen	43.66	420	54.89	528	1.46	14
Kings	43.06	673	55.15	862	1.79	28
San Benito	42.48	729	55.71	956	1.81	31
Stanislaus	40.92	1,007	56.81	1,398	2.28	56
Fresno	40.22	2,686	56.75	3,790	3.04	203
Mariposa	39.68	563	58.42	829	1.90	27
El Dorado	39.54	1,130	58.57	1,674	1.89	54
Tuolumne	38.06	834	59.70	1,308	2.24	49
Lake	38.00	546	59.43	854	2.57	37
Shasta	37.55	1,210	60.09	1,936	2.36	76
Madera	37.32	452	61.02	739	1.65	20
Glenn	36.54	479	62.93	825	0.53	7
Merced	36.24	653	61.99	1,117	1.78	32
Inyo	34.01	286	63.26	532	2.73	23
Tulare	33.80	1,410	64.07	2,673	2.13	89
Modoc	33.00	300	64.69	588	2.31	21
Colusa	30.86	581	66.38	1,250	2.76	52

References

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